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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-21

How WOMEN REsT.-HoW differ
emily men and women indulge them
selves in what is called a resting
spell. 81 guess I'll sit down and
mend these stockings and rest
awhile" says the wife, but her hus-
band throws himself upon the easy
lounge or sits back in his armchair,
with hands at rest and feet PLACED
horizontally upon another chair.
The result is that his whole body
gains full benefit of the half-hour he
allows himself from work, and the
wife only receives that indirect help
which comes from change of occu-
patton. A physician would tell her
that taking even ten minutes rest
in horizontal position, as change
from standing or sitting at work,
would prove more beneficial to her
than any of her makeshifts at resting.
Busy women have a habit of keep
ing on their feet just as long as they
can, in spite of backaches and warn
ing pains. AS they grow older they
see the folly of permitting such
drafts upon their strength, and learn
to take things easier, let what will
happen. They y:"I used to think
l must do thus and so, but I've grown
wiser and learned to slight things"
The first years of housekeeping are
truly the hardest, for untried and un-
familiar cares are almost daily thrust
upon the mother and home maker.
Ne,0 England Farmer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-21

BIRDS OF PARADIsE.-These birds
are the most beautiful in all the
world, with their splendid plumes,
that have every rich color in them,
just like precious stones. In old
times these plumes were worn on Ia
dies bonnets.
The natives of the East Indies
where they are mostly found, pre-
pare the skins, with the feathers all
on and then sell them for 4 good deal
of money.
Birds of Paradise were once called
"God's BIRDS" DO you wonder?
There are a great many varieties,
more than eight thousand; and they
all have the same popular scream.
Every morning before you were
up, if you could be in the forest where
they live, you would hear their
"Wank, Wank, Wok, Wok," as if
they were calling all the other feath-
cred tribes to be up and doing!
The Xxi Paradise" is the largest
ofthem all. Seventeen feet from the
bill to the tip of the tail. Think of
that for bird! Almost as long as
three men put together. Its breast
is covered with the richest shades of
purple and violet, with soft straw
colored feathers all over its head and
neck.
In the early spring, when these
birds are fully dressed, they get to-
gether before the sun is up and have
their "dancing parties," as the ma
tives call them. Choosing a tree
with very wide branches and large
leaves, they lift their wings, stretch
out their necks, and raise those gor-
geous plumes, keeping them all the
time in motion. AS they move from
branch to branch the whole tree
seems alive with these changing col
ors.-IMrs. @. Hall.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-21

wiped away her tears, and smoothed the
curly tendrils Of her hair; and before she
knew it his strong arm was around her
waist and he had kissed her.
In q few minutes she recovered her
calm, but her dignity had flown. She
was only weak woman after all, who
was striving to do her plain duty; and she
tried to free herself from the strong young
arms that held her in so close and 80 COM
forting clasp; for, poor child, her father
was only week dead
"Don't, Jabez," was all she could say.
"And why not, Martie? Why shall I
not love and comfort my dear little wife
that is to be?'' ..
.''Oh, dear!" said Martha, despairingly.
'"Oh,. dear! Oh, Jabez, please don't, for
this is not possible"
"And why not, Martie? Ever since we
were able to talk I have known You and
loved you; AMI all my life I have been
trying to deserve you. You have loved
me, too, haven't you? Well, then, why
isn't it possible, please tell me?"
Haven't you heard? Don't you know
Jabez, feel Us if it is my solemn duty to
take care of these poor little children, and
not let them suffer. Father left nothing
but the farm; but there was always
enough for us all, and I must try to do
the best con for them. And your-you
Il think we had better not see each other
any more, for''-
"There, that's just enough. You are
willing to throw me off for the sake Of
those children who have no earthly claim
upon you. You could send them to their
poor old grandfather, but you prefer to
shoulder the burden yourself, and destroy
all your dreams of happiness, and devote
all your life to them, and forget the life
long love I've had for you:"
"It is my duty, Jabez."
"And you are willing to sacrifice all to
them, and they may turn out ungrateful
or wicked; and you know me, and that
love you dearly, little Martie, and always
will"
81 can't help it, Jabez. 1 can't see it
in the same light. feel as if the hand of
the dead lay upon me, and must obey.
Besides, do it because feel it is right.
Don't make it harder for me than it is,
Jabez."
"Martie, my little wife,
~ would be very happy so, Jabez; but
I know your mother never would con-
sent, ard couldn't bear to cause q dis
agreement in your family"
"I can manage tha,, Martie, if you will
agree to be my wife next Monday. We
will 60 over to Wilkesbarre to get married
there quietly, and return and settle down
at once into new edition of Darby and
Joan. What do you say?"
Poor little Martha hung her head, and
reflected as well as she could. Mother
and father were both dead, and she had
no one to advise or counsel her; all she
could do was to let him have one swift
glance from her downcast eyes, which was
all the answer he needed
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-21
WHERE VI0LINS ARE MADE.

1t is truly astonishing how many
violins there are imported into this
country annually especially if we
consider that there is really but one
place in the world where violins are
made extensively. That place is
Markneukirchen, with its surround
ing villages, Klingenthal, Fleissen,
Rohrback and GraslitZ, in SaXony,
Germany. There are altogether
about $4,000 people living there who
do nothing else day after day but
make violins, and to 60 there, and
watch them is one of the most inter-
esting sights / ever enjoyed in all
my life. The inhabitants, from the
little urchin to the old gray headed
man, the small girl and the old
grandmother, are all engaged in
making some parts of fiddle.
A good one consists of siXty-tWo
different pieces. They are cut,
planed, smoothed and measured, ev-
erything being accurate and precise
with the model. The older men
make the finger board from ebony,
and the string holder and the screws.
The small boys have to make them
selves useful by looking after the
glue pot on the fire and bringing
their elders things as they may want
them. A man with strong, steady
hands and a clear eye puts the differ
ent pieces together, and this is the
most difficult task of all. Most vio-
lins are made of maple wood that
grows in that part of the country
or over the frontier in Bohemia.
The women generally occupy them
selves as polishers. This requires
long practice, and family that has
a daughter who is a good polisher is
considered fortunate. Even young
man, when he goes a-wooing, in
quires whether the young girl is a
good polisher, and if she is, it GER
tainly will increase his affection for
her at least twofold. The polishing
takes a good deal of time, some of
the best violins being twenty and
even thirty times polished. Every
family hasits peculiar style of polish
ing, and they never vary from that.
There is one that makes nothing but
4 deep wine color, another citron
color, yet another an orange color,
and so on.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-21
PETER PERKINS DREAM.

"Mark," said he, "throw all that stuff
away and take double the amount Of the
best, and take poultry and fruit and tea
and coffee and bread and sugar and but
ter, yes. and anything else you fancy, and
make them up into separate parcels and
give one good, generous basketful to every
poor family you know. Yes, Mark, and
then, if your mother is able to bear it,
take her in carriage and come down to
my house this evening to dinner, and we
will discuss our new sign with Perkins
and Hancock on it. Yes, God bless us!
Oh, no, Pm not crazy! I've just come to
my Senses" and he hurried home and as
tonished Mrs. Warner by n handsome
crisp note for $50 and ordered dinner
which would have staggered her if she
had not had so good beginning from her
sisters farm.
Ten years have passed since that time.
Peter Perkins is q round, happy man. 10
see his jolly, benign face glow at you from
over his counter makes you involuntarily
look round for the other Cheeryblo
brother; and now if he was called he
would not 60 empty handed before his
Lord and Saviour.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-21

AS commemorating the birth of tho
founder of the Christian religion, it is n
religious feast. But in the popular ap-
been superseded by its social and char
liable significance. 1t has become the
feast of good fellowship in the highest
sensc-good fellowship with a religious
sanction. Nominally it is the birthday of
the founder of Christianity. Practically
it is the day of St. Nicholas, the feast of
Santa Claus, the patron of all children
Harper's Weekly
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-21
CHRISTMAS MORNING.

Keen blew the wind across the naked void,
Glimmered the snow fields white.
Aweary with longing, doubt and pain,
watched the silent night.
All, me- Joy comes and goes, but grief remains
My days shall comfort bring;
But bark! Upon the frosty winter air
The Christmas chimings ring.
And, like a guilty ghost at breath Of dawn,
My coward meanings fly;
Echoes again tn adorng song that woke
Beneath Judea's sky.
And sweeter, clearer, louder, chime on Chime,
Ring out, o, happy bells.
For every peal with jublant refrain,
The wondrous tidngs tells
Louise Both -Hendrikson.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-21

PAY NO ATTENTION.-Pay no at
tention to SANDER gossip-mongers.
Keep straight ahead on your course
and let the back biting die the death
of neglect. What is the use of lying
awake nights brooding over the re-
mark of some false friend, that runs
through your brain like fOrked light
ming? What is the use of getting
into a worry and fret over gossip set
af1oat at your disadvantage by some
meddlesome busy body who has more
time than character? Always re-
member that when they are talking
about you they are letting some
body else rest. These things cannot
possibly injure you, unless you take
notice Of them, and in combating
them you give them character and
standing. If what is said about you
is true set yourself right at once; if
false, let it 60 for what it will fetch.
If bee stings you, would you go to
the hive and destroy it? 1t is wis
dom to say little respecting the in
iuries you receive. We are losers in
the end if we stop to refute all the
backbitings and gossiping we may
hear by the way.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-21
sin company.

Among the English the mistletoe bough
is always hung over the center of tho
room on Christmas Eve, and any damsel
who, either by chance or on purpose,
places herself beneath it has to pay the
penalty of being kissed by all the men
who are present.
Of course none of the fair scy ever
places herself under the mistlc;oc with
mnlicu ufOrctlOurht,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-21

BENEFITS OF THE MOON.-The
moon ministers to the human wants
in several ways that are not so appar-
ent as it's light-giving function, al
though some of them are more i'm
portant. It's by observing the moon
with reference to the fixed stars that
the navigator determines longitude.
Upon the revolution of the moon
about the earth, is based convent
ent division Of time, the month, in
termediate between that furnished
by the earth's daily rotation and its
revolution through its orbit. Doubt
full points in ancient chronology have
been frequently settled by means of
the eclipses of the moon, the dates of
which could be accurately determin-
ed. The intervention of the moon
in eclipsing the sun gave astrono-
mers the opportunities for obtaining
their first knowledge in regard to
the solar envelope. But the largest
effects on human welfare are produc-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-21
"IT's TOO BAD.h

Martha had intended to be very digni-
fed and cold, and to show that she did
not need the advice, assistance nor the
love Of any of the Hemphill family, after
the visit that Mrs. Hemphill had made,
and remembering all that she had said;
but in the presence of Jabez all this heroic
resolution passed away like mist before
the sunshine, and instead of her Gignified
reserve she put her two plump little hands
before her face and began to sob and cry.
OF course Jabez was instantly dis
tressed to such an extent that he dropped
the dasher into the charm and sprang to
Martha's side; end there he knelt, and
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-21

Brightest and best of the Sons Of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid;
Star Of the east, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Cold on his cradle the dewdrops are shining,
Low lies his head with the beasts of the stall,
Angels adore him in slumber reclining,
Maker and Monarch and Saviour Of oil.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-21

The mummcrs, guisers or guizards oc-
cupicd IL prominent place in all Christmas
obscrvances in the early history of Scot
land, and this form of Christmas amuse-
ment was evidently II survival from the
Roman Saturnalia. In 1877 there were
mummcrs on Christmas Eve in London.
Later masking, or "mummng," was for
biddcn by royal edict. An old piece OF
verse anent the mummers reads:
To shorten winters sadness,
:. See where the folks with gladness
4 Disguised arc all a-coming.
Right wantonly a.mumming
4 Fa la.
Whilst youthful sports are lasting.
To feasting turn out fasting.
With rcvcls and with waSSails,
Make grief and care our vassals,
For youth it well beseemeth,
That pleasure he esteemeth,
= And sullen age is hated,
That mirth would have abated,
y Fa la
nss- "Is YOU afraid ofSanta Claus, mann :
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-21

BH~ Do not be afraid to part with
anything for Christ. 1t is unbelief
that persuades you there is more
pleasure, satisfaction and happiness
in anything than in Him.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-21
a Point in Drilling.

A workman ut the Carson mint has dis
covered that drill points heated to cher
ry red and tempered by being driven into
bar of lead will bore through the hardest
steel or plate glass without perceptibly
bunting Chicago Herald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-21

Bar God appreciates and rewards
all we do for others; even if those we
seek to benefit forget to thank US.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-21

A ton of mica Il month is mined in North
Carolina 1t is all used by the stove Min.
ufacturcrs in the north.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-21

ed by the moon through the agency of
the tides. Twice a day the decon-
posing organic matter brought down
to the seashore by rivers, or deposit
ed along the water's edge by human
agency, is swept away by the tidal
wave in it's course around the globe.
This sanitary service which the moon
performs is of inconceivable value.
In many harbors large ships and
heavily loaded RATS and barges are
moved from the entrance to their
wharves, miles above, by that slow
but powerful tug, the flood tide. An
amount of work is thus done which
if it had to be provided for by arti-
fetal means, would cost, for such
q port as London, thousands, per-
haps millions, of pounds yearly
Popular Science Monthly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-21

THE FATAL TREE.-1n 1886, Fort
Gaines was a little more than an In
dian fort. Early in the spring Of
that memorable year, while hostile
Indians thrOnged this section, and
before they were removed by Uncle
Sam across the river above us, par
ty of the treacherous Wretches stole
up the then densely wooded line of
the Town Branch, and passed out to
the Button settlement, where they
were met by soldiers and thrashed
back to their reservation. Just
where the Eufaula road crosses the
Town Branch, q beautiful spring
bubbled from the ground, and peO-
pie in the vicinity did their washing
there. On the day referred to above,
a lady was at the spring washing,
when the red miscreants passed.
They brutally murdered her, and
after removing her scalp left her body
lying by the spring, her bleeding
head pilOwed on the roots of a stately
beech. Time has done its work.
The Indians are gone, scenes have
changed and the towering beech has
long since gone to decay, and only
it's worm-eaten stump remains to
mark the spot where long years ago
this sad tragedy Of death occurred.
A friend pointed US to the fatal spot
and gave US the above facts. They
were new and interesting to US, and
will doubtless prove so to our read
ers. Truly, times have changed
Fort Chimes. Gu. IN0r.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-21

;zss~ "Is you afraid Of Santa Claus. man.
ma? If you is l will come in your bed
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A LAWYER TO BE HANGED FOR
MURDER.--The most sensational
trial which has ever taken place in
Beaufort county, n. c., was conclud-
ed on the 10th instant at Washing
ton, and the gallOws will soon claim
another victim. On that day w. y.
Potts was convicted of murder in
the first degree and sentenced to be
hanged on January 2G, 1888. His al
legged accessory, Susan Lincke, the
wife of Paul Lincke, the murdered
man, was acquitted, there not being
sufficient evidence to justify a con-
viction. The case has excited great
interest throughout that State, both
on account of the prominence ofPotts
and the circumstances attending the
murder. Potts is a lawyer and en-
joyed a good social position.
Potts downfall may be traced to
the excessive use of liquor. After
he returned from the law school in
which he got his degree he quickly
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-21

Say, shall ye yield him in costly devotion,
Odors from Edom or offerings divine,
Gems from the mountain or pearls from the ocean,
Myrrh from the forest or gold from the mine?
vainly we offer each ampler oblation,
Yainly with gifts would his favor secure.
Richer by far is the hearts alteration, .
Dearer to God are the prayers Of the poor.
old HYMN.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-21
BRIGHTEST AND BEST.

OPENING HIS SACK"
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FORT MILL, S. G..
CHURCH HOSPITALITY.

The statement of the Rev. DR..
Strong, says the st. Louis Globe
Democrat, that of the 100000 peo-
pie in this country, 100000 rarely,
if ever, enter a Church, is a startling
and impressive one, and it certainly
hahOOynC tho rolipio,s claimant Of
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-11
Far Northwestern Volcano.

"Ihe great snow-covered mountain, 7 ,000 feet
high. on Acoutan island near Ounaaska, is
bclcting forth great volumes of smoke and
ashes, and has been frightening the Russian
natives like everything" said Superintendent
II II. Mcintyre, of the Alaska commercial
company, last night TO San Francisco Exam
iner representative. "Nobody down here knows
this, but it is fact The old mountain began
10 hcave up about a month ago, and has been
steadily at il ever since. A first the poor ma
tives were scared half to death, but they have
got over il little now. AT intervals of about
five minutes there is a loud explosion, followed
by the emitting of ashes in immense quantities,
which are scattered over broad area. There
are four craters in the vicinity hut this is the
first time in nineteen years that ] have been
up there. that the ACoutan Island mountain
got in its work.
"The village of Acoutan is near at hand, and
il WIS the inhabitants of il thatwere scared
so. They were the closest toit, and didn't know
what to make of it when it begun. The volca-
no was still in active eruption when L came
away. ! can not say whether ii will become
more formidable vet or not. 1t is hard to say.
"Ihe mountain is entirely Inaccessible. No
body can climb it and find ont Just how things
are, and nobody there wants to do it, anyhow"
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-
She Sustained n shock.
From the san Francisco Chronicle.

FroM the SAN Francisco tDfoNlHte.
lie was not ut all like other men. He never
swore he never gambled, he never drank
He went to church, and would not read even
"She' lie was good young man. and his
entire family looked up te him. He was al
ways very correct in his language, and he
never got excited, But one day lie took his
beloved TO a baseball MATCH She sat beside
him and overheard the other men using slang
and vulgar language, and She felt proud Of
her beau. lie was very much interested in
the game, and got more SO al the time. At
last il came a critical moment in the match,
all the base, were crowded and there came a
chance FOR the third man to make the home
plate, The fool did not see il. lie never
moved There was q thrill Of suspense
Though tho crowd The good Young man was
gazing u intense interest The crowd was
sicut but excited, and in the thiuug quiet
Che good Young man got up and yelled at the
mau ON the ihigd base
'A ou -- fool Come in, for ---'s sake 20
Tho CiU Lui tp when the shock had passed
away, ouj sad She guessed she'd 20 home.
The same cd Adam IN him -, I'D every body
else.
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The Heautiful Girls OF siskiyou.

From the Chico, Call Enterprise.
"Il / ever conclude to get married" said Con-
ductor WEIGH I'm going right up into Siski-
you county. There's where You get your gem
mne innocence and beauty, too. All, the
beauty Of those girls! 1t is bewildcring That
delicious climate has given the most glorious
glow to their checks. There is no installing
il, old Mount Shasta, in the shadow of which
they have been born and reared, has had
wonderful effect upon their health and general
appearances, and whom | retire from this toll
propose 10 pitch my tent Just rs close to the big
mountain as | conveniently can.
"And what n contented life follow can lead,
unless the cursed railroad spells il all. Those
girls have not yet tasted the sweets Of / am
permitted 10 call them sweets of society life.
1t is probable that they never attended GER
man. | know that they have not gadded
around with dudes, for such young men of
aSSy-ljko characters are never seen in the wilds
Of Siskiyou and Shasta The lads there are
toilers. Those mountain charmerS and their
hcaux have lots of enjoyment, however They
have their balls, spelling matches and evening
parties. and though tho music rendered on
these occasions may ouly be from wheezy
old accordion or fiddle, they have merry old
times -
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Terrible are the Ravages

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Bright's disease, Dialects, catarrh of the blad-
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